Rural electrification Current Affairs - 2019

The Union Power Ministry is going to launch new mobile application GARV-II to provide real time data of all six lakh villages of the country.

The purpose of the mobile application is to ensure transparency in implementation of rural electrification programme.

Key Facts

GARV-II mobile app has incorporated village-wise; habitation-wise base line data on household electrification for all states.

It also has mapped village-wise works sanctioned under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) to monitor progress of works in each village.

It also incorporates the status of release of funds to the states for electrification projects sanctioned under DDUGJY.

GARV-II allows peoples participation for rural electrification work. It opens rural electrification work to public scrutiny and input about rural electrification programme

It also has a citizen engagement window ‘SAMVAD’ to enhance participation. It automatically forwards feedback and suggestions of people to the concerned authorities through SMS & Email.

It aims to ensure electricity access to all households as government has already electrified over 11,000 villages out of 18,452 un-electrified villages.

Comment

The earlier version of GARV mobile application was only providing data about rural electrification regarding 18,452 un-electrified villages. The GARV-II will provide real time data of all six lakh villages of the country in real time.